Extract from BEIS questions: Net Zero Emissions by 2050 - Sep 21
Wednesday, 22 September 2021 07:53
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington) (Lab): If the closure of the
GKN plant in Erdington goes ahead, it will be a blow to the
automotive industry’s transition to an electric future and a
betrayal of the British national interest, with 519 workers sacked
in an area of high deprivation and with production exported to
Poland and France. I welcome the statement made by Ministers as
early as April 2021 on their preparedness to contemplate investment
in both skills and plant as part of keeping the...Request free trial
(Birmingham, Erdington) (Lab): If the
closure of the GKN plant in Erdington goes
ahead, it will be a blow to the automotive industry’s transition to
an electric future and a betrayal of the British national interest,
with 519 workers sacked in an area of high deprivation and with
production exported to Poland and France. I welcome the statement
made by Ministers as early as April 2021 on their preparedness to
contemplate investment in both skills and plant as part of keeping
the factory open. As talks reach a critical stage, will the
Minister confirm that the Government stand ready to continue to
play an active role in seeking a resolution?
The Minister of State, Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy ():
I recognise the hon. Gentleman’s engagement as the
constituency’s Member of Parliament. I do not buy into his idea
that we are neglecting the national interest. This Government and
this Department have the national interest very much at our core,
as he will have heard from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of
State and the rest of the ministerial team. We are engaging with
GKN—my right hon. Friend has met
GKN—and we will continue to engage with it at this
difficult time.
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